Jun 16, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are listed in alphabetical order.

Standard information for each course includes the number, title, and credits (sometimes called credit hours or semester hours). For some courses, you will find information on the hours of class, laboratory, or studio for which the course is scheduled in each week of a regular semester; these weekly hours are expanded during summer sessions. Fees for courses are assessed on the basis of credits and other factors.

The course-numbering system generally suggests levels of difficulty and appropriateness. Courses at the 100 and 200 levels comprise introductory offerings and those are most commonly taken by freshmen and sophomores. Courses at the 300 and 400 levels are primarily for juniors and seniors. In some Purdue programs, undergraduates take courses at the 500 level, but generally courses numbered 500 and above are for graduate students.

Preparation for courses is indicated as follows:

P: indicates a prerequisite that must precede your enrollment in the course described. You may find one or more specific course numbers, the number of credits you should already have in a subject, a placement-test level, or other conditions.

C: indicates a corequisite that must be taken no later than the same semester in which you take the course described.

R: indicates a recommendation concerning conditions to be met for enrollment in the course.

When no subject code is shown for prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended courses, they are in the same subject area as the course being described. If you lack a prerequisite or corequisite, or if you wish to take a course numbered at a higher level than your present status, you should seek the department’s or instructor’s consent to enroll in the course.

V.T. means Variable Title and is shown for courses for which the title may be changed to specify the topic or other special focus of each offering.

Session indicators (fall, spring, summer) suggest the times at which courses are generally offered. Scheduling patterns may, however, vary.

Purdue University Fort Wayne reserves the right to add, withdraw, or change courses without notice.

 

 
  
  • SE 53000 - Systems Engineering Management


    The systems engineering (SE) management team is responsible for planning and managing all systems engineering activities that are required to successfully develop complex products and systems. It is in charge of ensuring that all system elements are compatible, available on-schedule and on budget, must work together seamlessly, and satisfy customer requirements. This course addresses the role and activities of the systems engineering team in managing and coordinating product development. Topics include systems engineering planning, management of scope, risk and cost configuration, interfaces and human resources, project control, reviews, performance measures, standards, and documentation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: senior or graduate standing in an engineering or science degree program or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level: Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • SE 54000 - Systems Architecture


    Systems engineering best practices prescribe a set of methodologies for architecting and designing complex systems. This course covers requirements analysis, functional analysis and allocation, and synthesis and their interaction with systems analysis and control functions, including system trades, management of risk, configuration, interfaces and data, and development of performance measures. The lectures are complemented by a class design project to architect a complex system leading to development of a functional and physical architecture and associated functional and allocated baselines.

    Preparation for Course
    P: senior or graduate class standing in engineering or science degree program or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • SE 55000 - Advanced Manufacturing Systems And Processes


    Planning, analysis, and design of manufacturing processes in the context of a manufacturing system that meets customer quality, cost and delivery requirements; an integrated project will cover major aspects of manufacturing systems engineering and process design. Emphasis will be placed on the design of manufacturing processes (including assembly systems) in terms of physics and design parameters to meet system cost, quality, product variety and delivery objectives. When to use lean and six-sigma techniques in the context of the manufacturing enterprise design will be evaluated analytically and through computer simulation and physical modeling.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  senior or graduate class standing in engineering or science degree program or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • SE 59500 - Selected Topics in Systems Engineering


    Specialty topics in systems engineering, such as requirements, management, specialty engineering (i.e., reliability, manufacturability, survivability, etc.), risk management, and system integration and verification.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate

  
  • SOC 10900 - Community and the Built Environment


    Examines the built environment as both an expression and shaper of human culture, historically and in contemporary society.Lays out criteria for an organized community and examines how the built environment contributes to or inhibits community development. Explores social and environmental sustainability as it relates to community development.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 16101 - Principles of Sociology


    Nature of interpersonal relationships, societies, groups, communities, and institutional areas such as the family, politics, education, the economy, and religion. Includes social process operating within these areas; significance for problems of social change, and social stratification.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SOC 16300 - Social Problems


    Major social problems in areas such as the family, religion, economic order, crime, mental disorders, civil rights; racial, ethnic, and international tensions. Relation to structure and values of larger society. Although no prerequisite is required, it is strongly recommended that students have some previous social science course work and/or familiarity with basic sociological concepts and methodology.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SOC 21100 - Topics in Social Organization


    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demography, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems, race and ethnic relations, rural sociology, urban sociology, and work reorganization. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 22100 - Topics in Deviance


    Specific topics to be announce, e.g., crime, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, corrections, mental illness, sexual deviance, drug use, and violence. May be repeated; however, only six  hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 22500 - Violence


    Considers violence in society: its origins, forms, and consequences. Emphasis on describing the social forces that create patterns of violence in societies throughout the world. Forms examined include interpersonal, institutional and structural violence. Purpose of the course is to help the student better understand the role played by violence in modern society.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 23000 - Society and the Individual


    Personality and its development; relationship to culture and communication and to social settings; deviant types.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 29500 - Selected Topics in Sociology


    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Sociological Practice in the Community. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 30000 - Race and Ethnic Relations


    Detailed examination of relations between and among racial and ethic groups; sociological theories of prejudice and discrimination;  comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either SOC 26000 or ENGL 23301 (or equivalent), or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 31201 - Education and Society


    The role of educational institutions in modern industrialized societies,  with emphasis on the functions of such institutions for the selection, socialization, and certification of individuals for adult social roles. Also covers recent educational reform movements and the implications of current social policies on education.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 31300 - Religion and Society


    Consider the functions and dysfunctions of religion generally, its economic and cultural patterns, religious group evolutions (cults, churches, sects, denominations), leadership deviance, and conversion/faith maintenance.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 31401 - Social Aspects of Health and Medicine


    Group characteristics in the causation, amelioration, and prevention of mental and physical illness, and the social influences in medical education, medical practice, and hospital administration.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 31601 - The Family


    Cross-cultural perspectives on family systems; structure and process of the conjugal family in modern and emerging societies. Focus on relationships of the family to other subsystems of the larger society and on interaction within the family in connection with these interrelationships. Emphasis on development of systematic theory.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 31701 - Social Stratification


    Nature, functioning, and maintenance of systems of social stratification in local communities and societies. Correlates and consequences of social class position and vertical mobility.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 32001 - Deviant Behavior and Social Control


    Analysis of deviance in relation to formal and informal social processes. Emphasis on deviance and respectability as functions of social reactions, characteristics of rules, and power and conflict.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 32501 - Criminology


    A study of the patterns of crime, strategies for control, and theories of crime causation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 33001 - Sociological Social Psychology


    Examines the reciprocal link between the individual and the larger society. Topics covered include self-concept and its development, deviant types, status, power, exchange, justice issues, human motivation, attribution, equity.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 33300 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements


    Considers various types of non-institutionalized collective behaviors (such as rumors, urban legends, panics, riots) in past and modern American history as well as theories and cases of the “why” and “how” of social movements, counter-movements, and revolutions.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 34001 - Social Theory


    Sociological theory, with focus on content, form, and historical development. Relationships among theories, data, and sociological explanation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 35100 - Social Statistics


    Introduction to statistics including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance, and cross tabulation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either STAT 12500, MA 14900, MA 15100, or MA 15300 or  placement at a higher level of mathematics; and either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered Spring
  
  • SOC 35202 - Methods of Social Research


    Introduction to methods of sociological research. Topics covered include qualitative and quantitative research methods, research design and implementation, experiments, survey research techniques, field research techniques, data collection, data analysis, and the ethical concerns of social research.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent);  or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 36000 - Topics in Social Policy


    Specific topics to be announced, e.g.,  environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, population problems. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 39800 - Internship in Sociology


    Students are placed in an organization or agency to receive experience in an applied sociology setting. Work is supervised by a sociology faculty member and the organization/agency. Research and written reports are required. Evaluations by the organization/agency and faculty member.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000; or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 40201 - The Empire of the United States of America


    The course focuses on the history of the Empire of the United States of America from its founding with the second republic to modern times. The course also describes the nature of the economic, military, political, and cultural linkages within the empire. The course also focuses on the impact of empire on class and ethnic relations in the imperial center and periphery.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; SOCS 26000 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 41000 - Advanced Topics in Social Organization


    An advanced course in social organizations, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics, e.g. social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demographics, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems, race and ethnic relations, rural sociology, urban sociology, and work reorganization. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for use in fulfilling the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement only when the topic is Culture of China.
  
  • SOC 41300 - Sex Inequality in Society


    Major theories of gender inequality; historical and cross-cultural variations in systems of gender inequality; social economic, political and cultural processes perpetuating gender inequality in U.S. society; interrelationships between racial, class and sex inequality; strategies for social change.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  SOC 16101; ENGL 23301 or consent of instructor. 

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SOC 42001 - Advanced Topics in Deviance


    An advanced course in deviance, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics,  e.g., crime, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, corrections, mental illness, sexual deviance, drug use, and violence. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 43001 - Environmental Sociology


    This course introduces students to diverse sociological understandings of how social organizations impact environments, and how environments impact social environments. Topics covered include how interest groups mobilize resources to pursue an agenda of societal protection or restoration, how demographics, belief systems and patterns of social organization break down or pollute the environment, environmental racism, North South tensions over population and consumption, development and limits to growth. Globalization and social change toward sustainability will be explored in relation to planetary boundaries.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  SOC 16101 or 10900 and ENGL 23301 or permission of instructor.

  
  • SOC 44100 - Topics in Social Theory


    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., structuralism, evolutionary theory, symbolic interaction theory, symbolic interaction theory, functionalism, social action theory, exchange theory, history and development of social theory, sociology of knowledge. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P:SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 45001 - Topics in Methods and Measurement


    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., scaling, logic of inquiry, model construction and formalization, research design, data collection, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 47000 - Senior Seminar


    Capstone seminar in sociology; integrates knowledge on theory and practice from previous sociology courses, with emphasis on historical, contemporary, and future issues in sociology.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101, 26000, and nine credit hours of upper-division sociology coursework; or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SOC 49400 - Field Experience In Sociology


    Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience in conjunction with directed readings and report writings.  Students are trained in using their sociology understanding and skills in working at diagnosing and developing research projects and/or social change interventions for social organizations in the community.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101, 26000, and nine credit hours of upper-division sociology coursework; or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 1-6.
  
  • SOC 49500 - Individual Readings in Sociology


    Individualized approach to selected topics through the use of guided readings, research and critical evaluation. Prior arrangement required; conducted under the supervision of a member of the sociology faculty. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or Equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • SPAN 11101 - Elementary Spanish I


    Introduction to Spanish language as well as to Hispanic cultures. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Weekly attendance at lab required. SPAN 11101 is a course for beginners. Students with two years of high school Spanish must take 11300.

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4, Lab. 0.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SPAN 11201 - Elementary Spanish II


    Introduction to Spanish language as well as to Hispanic cultures. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Weekly attendance at lab required.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 11101.

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4, Lab. 0.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SPAN 11300 - Accelerated First Year Spanish


    Required beginning course for students with at least two years of high school Spanish who did not place into SPAN 20301 or higher. Review of selected material from 11101 before proceeding to 11201 material. Credit will not be given for both 11201 and 11300.

    Preparation for Course
    P: two years of high school Spanish (grades 9-12).

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4.
  
  • SPAN 20301 - Second-Year Spanish I


    Meets three hours a week. Continuation of 11101-11201/11300 with grammar review and increased emphasis on communication skills. Reading and discussion in Spanish of contemporary literature, essays, and/or cultural readings. Practice in composition.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 11201 or 11300.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SPAN 20401 - Second-Year Spanish II


    Meets three hours a week. Continuation of 11101-11201/11300 with grammar review and increased emphasis on communication skills. Reading and discussion in Spanish of contemporary literature, essays, and/or cultural readings. Practice in composition.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  20301

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • SPAN 27500 - Hispanic Culture and Conversation


    Practice of language skills through reading, writing, and discussion of Hispanic culture. Treats facets of popular culture, diversity of the Spanish-speaking world, and themes of social and political importance. Conducted in Spanish.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 30101 - The Hispanic World I


    Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works of both Spain and Spanish America in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 30201 - The Hispanic World II


    Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works of both Spain and Spanish America in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 31100 - Spanish Grammar


    This course is designed to integrate the four basic language skills into a review of the major points of Spanish grammar. Course work will combine grammar exercises with brief controlled compositions based on a reading assignment and class discussion in Spanish. Sentence exercises will be corrected and discussed in class.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 20401.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 31201 - Written Composition in Spanish


    This course integrates the four basic language skills into a structured approach to composition. Some review of selected points of Spanish grammar will be included. Each student will write a weekly composition, increasing in length as the semester progresses. Emphasis will be on correct usage, vocabulary building, and stylistic control.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 31500 - Spanish in the Business World


    Introduction to the technical language of the business world with emphasis on problems of style, composition, and translation in the context of Hispanic morés.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 2-3.
  
  • SPAN 31700 - Spanish Conversation and Diction


    Intensive controlled conversation correlated with readings, reports, debates, and group discussions, with emphasis on vocabulary usage, word order, tense interrelationships, and discourse skills. May be repeated once for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 4,
  
  • SPAN 40700 - Survey of Spanish Literature I


    A historical survey that covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements from the Spanish Middle Ages through the baroque period of the 17th century. Readings include prose works, poetry, and drama.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 40801 - Survey of Spanish Literature II


    A historical survey of Spanish literature that covers the main current of Spain’s literary history in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Readings in prose, poetry, and drama by Larra, Perez Galdós, Unamuno, García Lorca, and other representative writers.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 41100 - Spain: The Cultural Context


    A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spain. Readings and discussions in Spanish.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Study Abroad PFW students with an appropriate command of Spanish may apply for a year’s study, with full credit, in the IU programs at Madrid, Spain. Participation is not limited to Spanish majors. There are also semester programs in Spain (Alicante, Madrid, and Seville) and Chile (Santiago) and summer programs in Spain (Salamanca) and Mexico (Cuernavaca, Guanajuato, and Mexico City). For further information, consult the coordinator of overseas study programs, Office of International Programs.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 41200 - Spanish America: The Cultural Context


    A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spanish America.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 41301 - Hispanic Culture in the U.S.


    Integrates historical, racial, political and cultural information about Hispanics in the United States. Eligible for graduate credit.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level: Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • SPAN 41800 - Hispanic Drama


    Forms, traditions, themes, and periods of Hispanic drama from the Renaissance to the present. Topic may vary. May be repeated with different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 42300 - The Craft of Translation


    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100. 

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 42500 - Spanish Phonetics


    Introduction to basic linguistics and phonology. Intensive patterned pronunciation drills and exercises in sound discrimination and transcription based on articulatory description of standard Spanish of Spain and Latin America. Attendance in audio laboratory required.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and 30101 and 30201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 42601 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics


    General aspects of Spanish linguistics: traditional, descriptive, historical, and dialectal.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and SPAN 30101 and 30201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 42800 - Applied Spanish Linguistics


    Analysis of linguistics and cultural elements of Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as they bear on teaching.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and SPAN 30101 and 30201. or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 47101 - Spanish-American Literature I


    Introduction to Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the beginning of the twentieth century.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 47200 - Spanish-American Literature II


    Introduction to Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 47900 - Mexican Literature


    Mexican literature from Independence to present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 48001 - Argentine Literature


    Argentine literature from Independence to present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201, or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • SPAN 48800 - Spanish for Teachers


    Open only to students completing teaching certification requirements. Focuses on major problem areas of teaching Spanish. Includes review, exercises, and information on current pedagogical trends.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100 and 31201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • SPAN 49500 - Hispanic Colloquium


    Topic and credit may vary. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  
  • STAT 12500 - Communicating with Statistics


    An introduction to the basic concepts and methods in statistical reasoning that are commonly referenced in the print media. Topics include data collection methods, descriptive statistics, basic techniques of estimation, and theory testing. Students will analyze and interpret statistics relating to contemporary problems in politics, business, science and social issues.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 12401 with a grade of C- or higher, or MA 10900 with a grade of C or higher, or by placement exam.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • STAT 24000 - Statistical Methods for Biology


    An introduction to the basic concepts and methods in a statistical analysis, with emphasis on applications in the life sciences. Descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and contingency tables.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 14900 or MA 15300 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods I


    Not open to majors in mathematics or engineering. Credit should be allowed in no more than one of STAT 30100 or 51100. Introduction to statistical methods with applications to diverse fields. Emphasis on understanding and interpreting standard techniques. Data analysis for one and several variables, design of samples and experiments, basic probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and significance tests for means and proportions, correlation and regression. Software is used throughout.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 14900 or MA 15300 or MA 16800 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • STAT 34000 - Elementary Statistical Methods II


    Statistical methods of simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, experimental design, analysis of variance, and nonparametric analysis. One or more statistical computer programs will be used. Student projects required, typically using data from the student’s major.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 24000, 30100, ECON 27000, PSY 20100 (or equivalent), one semester statistics course with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • STAT 49000 - Topics in Statistics for Undergraduates


    Directed study for students who wish to undertake individual reading on approved topics.

    Cr. 1-5.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  
  • STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods


    Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; sampling distributions; inference, testing hypotheses, and estimation; normal, binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric distributions; one-way analysis of variance; contingency tables; regression.

    Preparation for Course
    P: two semesters of calculus with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis


    Inference in simple and multiple linear regression, residual analysis, transformations, polynomial regression, model building with real data, nonlinear regression. One-way and two-way analysis of variance, multiple comparisons, fixed and random factors, analysis of covariance. Use of existing statistical computer programs.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51100 or 51700 or 52800 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 51400 - Design of Experiments


    Fundamentals, completely randomized design; randomized complete blocks; latin square; multi-classification; factorial; nested factorial; incomplete block and fractional replications for 2n, 3n, 2m x 3n; confounding; lattice designs; general mixed factorials; split plot; analysis of variance in regression models; optimum design. Use of existing statistical programs.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51200 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 51600 - Basic Probability and Applications


    A first course in probability intended to serve as a background for statistics and other applications. Sample spaces and axioms of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem, joint and conditional probability distributions, expectations, moments and moment generating functions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem. (The probability material in Course 1 of the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society is covered by this course.)

    Preparation for Course
    C: MA 26100 or MA 26300.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 51700 - Statistical Inference


    A basic course in statistical theory covering standard statistical methods and their application. Estimation including unbiased, maximum likelihood and moment estimation; testing hypotheses for standard distributions and contingency tables; confidence intervals and regions; introduction to nonparametric tests and linear regression.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51600 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 51900 - Introduction to Probability


    Algebra of sets, sample spaces, combinatorial problems, independence, random variables, distribution functions, moment generating functions, special continuous and discrete distributions, distribution of a function of a random variable, limit theorems.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 26100 or MA 26300 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • STAT 52000 - Time Series And Applications


    A first course in stationary time series with applications in engineering, economics, and physical sciences. Stationarity, autocovariance function and spectrum; integral representation of a stationary time series and interpretation; linear filtering, transfer functions; estimation of spectrum; multivariate time series. Use of computer programs for covariance and spectral estimation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51200 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Department permission required.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate - Graduate
  
  • STAT 52800 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics


    Distribution of mean and variance in normal samples, sampling distributions derived from the normal distribution, Chi square, t and F. Distribution of statistics based on ordered samples. Asymptotic sampling distributions. Introduction to multivariate normal distribution and linear models. Sufficient statistics, maximum likelihood, least squares, linear estimation, other methods of point estimation, and discussion of their properties. Cramer-Rao inequality and Rao-Blackwell theorem. Tests of statistical hypotheses, simple and composite hypotheses, likelihood ratio tests, power of tests.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51900 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • TECH 54000 - Reliability and Maintenance


    Study of maintainability, maintenance, and reliability methods during product and systems design phase for mechanical and electronic devices.

    Preparation for Course
    P: an introductory course in statistics, senior or graduate standing, and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • TECH 56100 - Industrial Projects Management and Control


    An exposition of planning, scheduling, and controlling of a project during its life cycle. Topics include the use of project-management techniques, such as PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) and Gantt charts and other techniques of selecting, planning, scheduling, and controlling projects. Covers resources optimization and risk management techniques. Involves computer applications and software tools in project management.

    Preparation for Course
    P: senior or graduate standing.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • TECH 56900 - Simulation Modeling


    An introduction to computer simulation of waiting lines (queues), especially those that pertain to manufacturing. Topics include elementary queuing systems modeling and analysis, the effects of variability, notation, queue behavior, and load balancing.

    Preparation for Course
    P: an undergraduate statistics or probability course, senior or graduate standing, and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • Tech 57400 - Advanced Quality Engineering Methods


    Quality engineering methods for quality planning, improvement and control with applications in manufacturing and service, emphasizing both on-line and off-line methods. Topics include modern quality philosophies and methods, control charts, process capability studies, loss functions and robust engineering, and application of multiple regression models in quality engineering.

    Preparation for Course
    P: IET 45400 or consent of instructor and senior or graduate service.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  
  • THTR 11400 - Interpretation for Performance and Presentation


    Students will enhance their communication skills by analyzing selections from prose, poetry, and drama and exploring them through oral presentation. In addition to leaning methods of creating a variety of specific texts, a mixture of vocal and physical techniques will be examined, adapted and practiced in order to better present material to a diverse population.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 13400 - Fundamentals of Performance


    An introduction to the art of acting as practiced in the world today.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • THTR 13600 - Rehearsal and Performance I


    Study and practice of rehearsal techniques and stage performance. Students will be assigned to acting and stage management duties in stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-2.
    Hours
    Lab. 3 or 6,
  
  • THTR 13800 - Acting I


    Student experientially and analytically explores the foundation of the acting process based on Stanislavski’s system. Emphasis is on developing the actor’s ability to work moment-to-moment through the use of improvisational theatre games, scene work, and monologues. Areas covered include beginning voice and movement work, concentration, imagination, objectives, obstacles, and actions. Explorations culminate in the presentation of scenes and monologues. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 13400, or theatre major or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  
  • THTR 15800 - Stagecraft


    Theory and application of current and traditional technical theatre practices. Training in stage carpentry, painting, and preproduction organization.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 2,
  
  • THTR 16800 - Theatre Production I


    Application of technical-theatre practice in scenic construction, painting, lighting, sound, costuming, and stage management. Students will be assigned to work on experimental and major stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 1.
    Hours
    Lab. 6.
  
  • THTR 20100 - Theatre Appreciation


    Understanding and appreciation of the theatre’s role in the modern world. Includes a seminar approach in discussion of the nature of theatre, critical analysis of drama, the actor, the director, design, and careers in the theatre. Also deals with professional, regional, community, and educational theatre. All discussions and work are related to current stage productions that students are required to attend.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  
  • THTR 20201 - Introduction To Theatre


    Students will develop understanding of the theatre’s role in today’s society by reading, writing, and discussion of: the nature of theatre, critical analysis of drama, the role of various theatre artists and various aspects of theatrical activity. Exploration of Department of Theatre’s expectation, procedures, and opportunities will also be covered.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 21300 - Voice for the Actor


    Designed to heighten the actor’s awareness of the vocal instrument. Elementary vocal techniques will be practiced to expand the student’s vocal flexibility and range. Emphasis on freeing habitual vocal tensions and teaching the student the fundamentals of vocal health.

    Cr. 2.
  
  • THTR 23800 - Acting II


    Emphasis is on developing a character within a truthful reality based on the given circumstances of the script. Students will be challenged through scene-work, monologue preparation, and script analysis that connect the actor’s internal choices to the external needs of the character. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 13800 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  
  • THTR 23900 - Musical Theatre Performance I


    This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction and basic understanding of the various techniques and practices of performance in musical theatre and the specific demands of the audition process, with focus on character development, script/score analysis, and repertoire building. The course will consist of discussions, exercises, and performance projects designed to address the major requirements of acting through singing in a musical.

    Preparation for Course
    P or C:  THTR 23800 or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 25600 - Stage Makeup


    Study of facial anatomy, the aging process, the principles of light and shadow, and character analysis. Theory and practice in the basic techniques of applying stage makeup.

    Cr. 2.
    Hours
    Class 1, Lab. 3,
  
  • THTR 26100 - Introduction to Theatrical Design


    An introduction to the principles and practices of contemporary theatrical design. Emphasis on the study and development of unified production theory and its practical application to the areas of theatrical design.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 2,
    Notes
    Restricted to theatre majors/minors or consent of instructor.
  
  • THTR 26200 - Lighting Technology I


    Lighting Technology I develops understanding and skills centered around lighting technology and the implementation of lighting for the theatre. Class activities include reading, writing, drawing and drafting, lighting instrument hanging and focusing, lighting console operation, lighting accessory implementation, and discussions that surround various topics in lighting technology.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 26400 - Rendering Techniques


    A project approach to the development of the student’s ability to pictorially represent ideas through drawing, drafting, painting, etc. Emphasis on clarity of intention and effective presentation of ideas through various media and techniques.

    Preparation for Course
    P: theatre major.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 26500 - Introduction to Stage Management


    This is an introductory course in the craft of theatre stage management.  This course will introduce the student to the procedures, responsibilities, rules and professional opportunities in theatre stage management.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Credit by Examination available.
  
  • THTR 28400 - Textual Analysis


    A study of dramatic structure: theme, form, style, genre, and characterization as applied to selected plays.

    Cr. 3.
  
  • THTR 32300 - Acting: Movement for the Actor


    Designed to heighten body awareness in movement and stillness. Characterization techniques will be practiced that expand the student’s flexibility, agility, and range of self-expression. Emphasis on freeing habitual tension patterns through the exploration of expressive movement.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 3,
 

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